Nortel Product News
Nortel Power Savings Drive Enterprise Customer Adoption
Newly-Available Online, Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator Charts Cost Savings
JULY 08, 2008
TORONTO – Enterprises are plotting a course to save money and at the same time, help the environment by minimizing networking power consumption with Nortel's* [NYSE/TSX: NT] energy-saving networking solutions.
Customers are adopting Nortel communications solutions after factoring in the projected energy savings, demonstrating the impact of Nortel's industry leadership in energy-efficiency. Customers that have taken the energy challenge include Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants**, Sweetwater Sound**, Earth Rangers**.
"As customers move toward unified communications, we have designed our networking solutions to be energy efficient from the start. Providing relief from soaring energy costs through reduced energy consumption is not only good for business, it's good for the environment," said Joel Hackney, president, Enterprise Solutions, Nortel. "Nortel products are proven by third-party, independent experts to use significantly less power than the primary competitor while delivering robust performance and reliability. The introduction of the Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator is a simple way to show exactly how much power and cost savings can be accrued by comparison." Read ful release
Microsoft and Nortel Make Unified Communications Available to Businesses Everywhere
Nortel delivers first integration with Microsoft carrier-hosted HMC 4.5 unified communications solution.
JUNE 16, 2008
LAS VEGAS – June 16, 2008 – Today at NXTcomm08, Microsoft Corp. and Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] announced a fully hosted carrier solution that delivers a unified communications experience to small and midsize businesses (SMBs), extending benefits previously available only to large enterprises. The hosted solution is based on the Nortel Communications Server 2000 (CS 2000), an Internet Protocol multimedia softswitch, and the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Version 4.5 (HMC 4.5), which comprises hosted versions of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Nortel is delivering the first integration with HMC 4.5 to help manage real-time communications and deliver a unified messaging experience. In addition, to help carriers simplify and accelerate deployment, Nortel's Global Services portfolio provides a comprehensive suite of integration and end-user services to complete the end-to-end solution. Read full release
Energy Efficiency – Are you Paying Too Much for Your Data Network?
MAY 15, 2008
Cost savings are key to IT decision makers and CIO's world wide. But for many, energy efficiency is too difficult to calculate or measure. To change this, Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT ] has introduced the Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator (NEEC) – an IT planning tool that allows decision makers to measure their energy consumption costs and identify the cost saving opportunities of working with Nortel. Using the NEEC, customers can plug in various network deployment scenarios, evaluate trade-offs in network design and most importantly, determine their potential energy cost savings when using Nortel vs. a leading competitor.
Quick Facts – Saving money with Nortel:
- The Nortel Energy Efficiency Calculator and its findings have been third party validated by the Tolly Group** in a real world test – and the message is clear: Nortel data network products use significantly less energy than competing Cisco products without sacrificing performance.
- The Tolly Group also tested Nortel data switching products and found that they use up to half of the energy consumption, offer 20 times the performance and are four-to-seven times more resilient than the primary competitor's¹.
- In addition, Info-Tech** compared similar products from Cisco and Nortel and determined that Nortel's provide a total cost of ownership that is up to 50 percent lower². Check out the reports in the links below.
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